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William John FERGUSON (1892 - 1969)
sugar cane farmer, Ayr
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Valerie Mary FERGUSON (1920 - 2004)
John Edward (Jack) FERGUSON (1922 - 1923)
Living
 William John FERGUSON (1892 - 1969)

+

Florence Helen MADDEN (1898 - 1951)

Dorothy ARNOLD ( - 1971)
 John FERGUSON (1862 - 1938)











Mary Ann MITCHELL (1861 - 1910) Matthew MITCHELL



Mary POWER



William John FERGUSON Florence Helen MADDEN Dorothy ARNOLD
William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON
William John FERGUSON Dorothy ARNOLD William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON William John FERGUSON
b. 24 Oct 1892 at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
m. (1) 16 Dec 1919 Florence Helen MADDEN (1898 - 1951) at Ayr, Queensland, Australia
m. (2) abt 1954 Dorothy ARNOLD ( - 1971) at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
d. 09 Oct 1969 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 76
Parents:
John FERGUSON (1862 - 1938)
Mary Ann MITCHELL (1861 - 1910)
Step Parents:
Sarah Jane GENTLEMAN (1867 - 1948)
Siblings (4):
Margaret Geneva FERGUSON (1890 - 1897)
Edward FERGUSON (1895 - 1896)
Teresa May FERGUSON (1897 - 1964)
Joseph FERGUSON (1901 - 1905)
Children (3):
Valerie Mary FERGUSON (1920 - 2004)
John Edward (Jack) FERGUSON (1922 - 1923)
Grandchildren (4):
Raymond Arthur (Ray) COX (1943 - 1966)
Events in William John FERGUSON (1892 - 1969)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
24 Oct 1892 William John FERGUSON was born Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 1892/C007441
29 Nov 1910 18 Death of mother Mary Ann MITCHELL (aged 49) Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Note 1
29 Jun 1916 23 Enlisted - AIF Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
22 Dec 1916 24 Embarked Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
04 Mar 1917 24 Disembarked Devonport, England
10 May 1919 26 Returned to Australia Tilbury
01 Jul 1919 26 Discharged Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
16 Dec 1919 27 Married Florence Helen MADDEN (aged 21) Ayr, Queensland, Australia
17 Jun 1920 27 Birth of daughter Valerie Mary FERGUSON Ayr, Queensland, Australia
1922 30 Residence Airdmillan, Queensland, Australia Electoral roll
Jun 1922 29 Birth of son John Edward (Jack) FERGUSON Ayr, Queensland, Australia
abt Sep 1923 30 Death of son John Edward (Jack) FERGUSON (aged 1) Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1923/4785
04 Jun 1938 45 Death of father John FERGUSON (aged 76) Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Note 2
30 Apr 1948 55 Death of step mother Sarah Jane GENTLEMAN (aged 81) Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Note 3
1949 57 Residence Ayr, Queensland, Australia McDesme
19 Feb 1951 58 Death of wife Florence Helen MADDEN (aged 52) Ayr, Queensland, Australia
abt 1954 62 Married Dorothy ARNOLD Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
09 Oct 1969 76 William John FERGUSON died Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Note 1: 1910/C002089, Lynd Hwy, Sect 33, Plot 35, no 4095, RC, 49 years old, beside 4197
Note 2: Lynd Hwy, Sect 41, Plot 202, no 8996, RC, beside 10656 (wife Sarah)
Note 3: Lynd Hwy, Sect 41, Plot 212, No 10656, RC, age 81, beside 8996 (husband John)
Personal Notes:
Homestead

From Bill Ferguson "My dad was born in Charters Towers, his father was a miner. Dad enlisted in Charters Towers (World War 1) fought in France came home and married 1919, worked on a cane farm for Grandad Madden in Ayr. Later bought his own cane farm near the Burdekin bridge and stayed on it for fifteen years. Sold it in 1949 when i went to All Souls School in Charters Towers, came to Ayr to live and then worked on another cane farm as an employee until he retired. My mother passed away in1951 while i was at All Souls, she had been sick for quite a while. I was only 17 at the time.

My dad William John Ferguson sold the cane farm near the Burdekin Bridgeearly 1949 when I (William Leslie Ferguson went to All Souls School for three years). Dad then rented a house in Burke Street Ayr owned by the White family for a short period and then went to live in Grandad Maddens house in Soper Street Ayr when Grandad Madden went to live with Nell Shannon (his daughter) in Graham street after Grandma Madden passed away.

My dad was in partner ship on the farm with Bob Edwards (Bob was only a financial partner) Dad did most of the farming with horses. Dad was on the farm for approxomately fifteen years and during that time there were many floods from the Burdekin River and for many years the cane was eaten by the cane grub. Dad had two Macdonald engines on the farm to pump water to water the cane and Cec Cox used to maintain them.

After my dad sold the farm and moved to town he then worked on a cane farm near town as an employee for Lance Adzeni until he retired at approxomately seventy four years of age.

Grandma and Grandad Madden would have left Homestead between 1914 and 1918. They also went to Sydney four about 12 months then returned to Ayr to go on a cane farm at Airdmillan for several years.

Grandad Madden had a house in Munro street Ayr and I think that was the house that was built in Charters Towers for 68 pounds and then shifted to Ayr.

My dad also worked for Grandad Madden on his farm for a period."

AIF Service record - #457 of 10 Machine Gun Company - 1 to 6 Reinforcements (May-December 1916)
Source References:
2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997
- Reference = 156 (Name, Notes)
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